Transparent protective garment for infants



y 1949. E. s. PETRUCELLI 2,469,700

TRANSPARENT PROTECTIVE GARMENT FOR INFANTS Filed March 7, 1947 EDWINA S. PETRUCELLI VENTOR.

ATTORN E Y5 PatentedMay 10,1949

, 2.400.100 mivsraaau'rraoncrivaoaam'r roa i mnmmoiasuu xusem' My present invention relates to 5 art oi protective clothing and, more particularly, to a transparent protective garment for infants.

The proper protection of infants from incle-' ment weather has long been a perplexing problem i to mothers who must take'their children out'in' i rain and snow. and theproble n becomes particularly trying when either rain or snow is wind driven. The-iniant iiormally is not able to warn its parent oi discomiorture until it has experienced the same for some time. Consequently.

mothers have been, in moet'caaes. quite reluctant 'to use anythinginthe'way of a hag-like garment to protect a child. because oitheiact that it is i always diiiicult to determine whether its'clothes -have been disarranged to a degree that would re- I duce protection from the elements.

Ibelieve I have overcome most or the den-'- cieiicies tormerlyeneoimted in protective garments for iniants'in that I provide, in'a single all-envelopinggarment,-a means for complete protection irom the elements and,.at the same time, I have provided definitely that the garment be made 01' transparent material so that the conv I 88 that it. is very desirable to have an oval seam.

as I! extending around the bag so that abottom dition and position of the infant's clothing is at all times inspectable and, lastly. I have provided for a tree and normal circulation of air through the protective garment.

. The principal object of my present invention is, therefore. to provide a protective garment for infants that will insure complete protection of the infant and its clothing from various forms of inclement weather.

. A further object of mypresent invention-is to provide a garment that is transparent but which willnotbeailrehazardtothesaietyofthechild.

.A further oblect of my present invention is to provide for the normal now ot-air around and about the infant, even though it is aai y Pro-.

tected from the elements.

A 'lurther object of my Mt invention is to provide a protectivegarment that can be made.

01' light sheet material so that it can be very a runner object of my present invention is to provide at a minimum ogcost a protective garment for an infant so that when it is necessary.

totakeaniniantoutintheelementsitmaybe attired substantially in its. normal clothing yet; when placed in myprotective garment, it willhave the addedprotectionoi immunity iromthe' elements.

Further obiects. advantages and capabilities that my garment can have the rieees I wiillbe .d ica,

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' of my present Fig. 2 is'a I 10 in my protective; garment in substantially position it'wouhib'eean'ied.

Riga-3 and i'showhoods'ior my tective garmentand which complete the same;- I Fig. 3 showing a type suitable 'ior a baby girl. and

is Fig. {the type recommended for a baby boy.

Referring more particularly to the. disclosure :in the numeral I designates the main or, body. portion of my protective garment.

, This is essentially a rectangular piece oi' rna- I0- terial which isclosed on the jimcture between the two opposite edges of the mat'e-ial preferably by one of the'hookrtype fasteners. 'At the Yioot end of my protective garment. I pro. Lde anovalshaped closure or bottom II; It has been found is provided with considerable width as distinct from abag that would have a single seam at the bottom. This makes it possible for an infant's feet to be closelto the bottom and yet give absolute freedom or movement. which is so desirable. At theupper or neck line. end oimy garmentl I provide a draw string as which operates freely within a folded-over portion or :thema-g ll terial, as II, to the end that the garment can.

be puckered and closed snugly, 'but not. tightly.

around. the infant's neck. In most mgtan prefer-that the cord channelil n he with some soft. woven fabricjto the end that it to will not tend to either be cold or abrasive-on the infant's neck.

. Inorderto completethe protective scheme, 1 Y haveprovided a hood for theini'ant to wear oi ,thetype-showninrlgs.3or4,dependingupon' the sex of the-infant. Both these hoods. no; ever, have one characteristic in common'which .I deem very essential and that is a downwardly extending skirt as" or it, to insurethat any rain in: snow that would fall upon an infant's 80 head would be directed over and away. from the topclosure. and thus provide thatthere would be no entrance of water at the neck line. The manner in which this is emplyed is probably suillciently illustrated in Fig. 2.

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rig. is s view garment ioriniants made I sary properties to form I M76 garment 18-17 ing ashes. and the like, as from cigarettes, cigars or pipes. when made of such material, my protective garment achieves oneof my principal objects, namely, that the mother canat all times observe the condition of the child's garment and skin and definitely determinewhe'ther' a shoe or stocking is oil, or whether the garments have been displaced so they no longer provide theessential protection against the elements, as is required. This characteristic I have illustrated 'indashedlinesinFisJ.

Now it has long been recognized that any material which is truly waterproof is normally air-tight and itwouldjbe harmful to place an infant in an air tight baglike garment. Conse-.

garment for infants. Having thus disclosed the invention. I claim: l. A protective garment for infants, comprising: an envelope formed of transparent material adapted to cover an infant's bo'dy,a bottom secured to said envelope, a plurality of ventilating openings in said bottom, 'a iiapv secured to said bottom positioned to form a shield for said openings, closure means for the upper side'of said envelope, a plurality of ventilating openings angularly disposed on each side of said closure means, protective flaps disposed to shield said ventilating openings, said lower ventilating openings andsaid upper ventilating openings adapted to co-act and provide means for promoting conquently, I have provided at the foot end of the garment a flap 2! which is hired at the upper margin andiat the ends, but is free on the bottom margin so that it will provide a weather shielding cover for a plurality of ventilating openings II, and it is stressed that a plurality of these openings is quite desirable so as to provide against the infant's feet or garment closing oi! some of these, and thus leaving no chance for air to enter the lower part of the, bag. Attention is therefore directed to the showing of Fig. l, which illustrates a plurality of ventilating openings extending well across the bottom of the garment so as to guard against the blocking of enough of these openings to interfere with normal respiratory air circulation.

Near the upper portion of the bag, as will be noted in Figs. 1 and 2. I have provided a plurality of smaller flaps as II and II, each of which in turn gives a protective shielding to a plurality of ventilating openings 30. Thus, it will be apparent, it is believed, that convectional circulation of air is not interfered with and that by having a large number of spaced-apart openings ill, there will never beioccasion when sumcient of these openings will be blocked so-that there will not be adequate air circulation. Then it will be understood, it is believed that the circulation will normally be for air to enter the lower openings and go out the upper openings 30 as convectional flow of air requires.

vectional flow of air through the envelope; and means forclosing. said envelope about an infants neck. a

2. A protective garment forinfant's. comprising: a transparent envelopeadapted to cover an infants body. a bottom secured'to said envelope, a plurality of ventilating openings in said bottom. a flap secured along its upper side and ends positioned to form a shield for said openings,

closure means for the upper side of said envelope, a plurality of groups of ventilating openings angularly disposed on each side of said closure means, protective flaps disposed to shield each of said 5 groups of ventilating openings, said lower ven assurances crrnn Ihe following references are of record in the file of this patent:

, UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,252,187 Shane Jan. 1, 1918 1,898,015 Leavitt Feb. 21, 1933 1,919,154 Astrove July 18, 1933 Munro -1 Dec. 19, 1933 .4 a It is believed that itwill be clearly apparent i from the, above description and the disclosure in the drawings that the invention comprchends a novel construction of a transparent protective 

